Heidi

Goodbye ladies.
There is nothing more I can say. God bless each of you in your search for the truth.

My freedom in Christ does allow me to be who God has called me to be. The Holy Spirit will never lead contradictory to God’s word. I have listed, as well as others on this blog, plenty of scripture that clearly and directly instruct women what their roles are to be in the home and in the church. Submit means to submit, to be quiet in the church and not to usurp authority over a man means exactly what it says. Why are you denying God’s word? What are you going to gain in the end?
If we don’t lay aside our pride and rebellion and follow God’s plan , we are going to lose in the end. If you think being submissive to your husband makes you equal with a slave, then you know nothing of the cross. Allowing your husband to be the head of his home will lift both of you up. It will also help your children to learn to humble themselves when they need to (and keep the doors closed to homosexual deception. Being a Christian is all about dying to self and learning to trust God in every area of our lives. If your husband has come to trust you and asks for your opinions, wonderful. If there are decisions he makes you don’t agree with, we are to be like Sarah and not be afraid with any amazement, but to trust God is even in control of these times. Pray the Lord gives your husband and church leaders wisdom, and find rest in the Lord that He sees everything. Are you filled with the Holy Spirit so your lives are effecting others and God is hearing your prayers? There is nothing more powerful or of greater influence in our lives than prayer. ,Women do have more discernment than men at times, but that is not a green light to show our spirituality and make them feel inadequate. We are to build them up, and learn to take the back seat humbly. Your husband will begin to adore and honor you as you lift him up ,and you reverence him as you would Christ. “At the cross at the cross where I first saw the light and the burdens of my heart rolled away.
It was there by faith I received my sight and now I am happy all the day.”

I am sorry ladies, but there is nothing anyone can ever say to me to believe other than what God’s word says and what I have experienced.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and he is the saviour of the body.
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Ephesians 5:22-24.
Again, can it be any more clear.
To respond to a comment made about about Adam and Eve. “And the Lord took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it.” Genesis 2:1
I’m not sure where the term co-leader came from, but I can not find it in my bible. “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. What? Came the word of God out from you. If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. (I corinthians 14:34-37)
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands,(1Peter 3:1)
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”1 timothy 3:3
I am praying for each one to find God’s word, and not what I think, to be the final authority in your lives. You will not only keep your own souls, but perhaps help your daughters and others keep theirs. God bless you all.

I just want to warn everyone who is believing that a woman is not to be subject to her husband. My testimony is too long, but I can assure you obeying God’s word will always lead to blessing in your life. If we as Christians do not see the distinct role models for men and women, I am afraid we are soon going to see the “Christian”church accepting homosexuality.
He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. (Matthew 10:39)

I have to preach on 1 Tim 2:8-15 for my church as part of a final before ordination. I have seen a lot of the research from CBMW and scoff at the poor hermeneutics. However, I’m still very nervous about preaching this sermon. I can’t authoritatively state that there’s any proof here that women CAN have authority over a man, but I can provide enough evidence that the standard answer by many complementarians can not hold much water. Is this the best approach to take in your opinion? I know that there are some in the congregation who will really have a problem with the message I deliver because I want to show that I hold the Bible in full esteem and regard it as the canonized word of God. However, it’s silly to read into this passage justification that women can’t serve in positions of authority within the church.